About Sherwood

Sherwood is a tiny town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 501 people and just one neighborhood, Sherwood is the 355th largest community in Tennessee.

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Sherwood is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 60.0% of the Sherwood workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 24.7%. Overall, Sherwood is a town of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sherwood who work in food service (13.88%), sales jobs (10.20%), and office and administrative support jobs (5.71%).

Being a small town, Sherwood does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Sherwood Information and Demographics

The population of Sherwood has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 4.95% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 14.96%.

The per capita income in Sherwood in 2000 was $11,369, which is low income relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $45,476 for a family of four.

The people who call Sherwood home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Sherwood is White, followed by African-American. The main ancestry of people in Sherwood is English.

The most common language spoken in Sherwood is English.